Logfile from ifmud. ************************************************************************ ** ** ** Welcome to ifMUD! ** ** ** ************************************************************************ FAQ: http://www.allthingsjacq.com/ifMUDfaq/ IP: 66.114.68.227 MONKEY: Ook. If you... have an account Type "connect name password" to log in need an account Go to http://ifmud.port4000.com:4001/ and apply are just visiting Type "connect guest guest" to login as Guest want to see who's on Type "who" for a list of players online have problems Email markm - mark.musante@gmail.com TYPE connect, who, or quit: Login Succeeded ifMUD An interactive real time social network chat bulletin board quotebook url database with a parrot bot Copyright 1997-2007 by Loungent Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of rec.[arts|games].int-fiction; All rights reserved. Release 4 / Serial number 990908 / perlMUD v2.1z "The characters were mostly of the cardboard cutout variety. I wanted to punch everyone except the one Scottish guy." --Jearl NOTE: Whenever a fix or enhancement is in place, it will be announced on the channel '#mud-updates'. OTHER NOTE: There is a mailing list where people can say things like "hey, the mud's down, what's up with that?" In fact, since this is the only thing the list is used for, you should join it if you are interested in this subject. To join, go to http://groups.google.com/group/ifmud/ or talk to Steve. Robinson Manor A gracious, welcoming, airy space. Music drifts in from unseen speakers. A picture window on the southern wall provides a pleasant source of light and a sense of openness. You can see: teleporter, a picture window, comfy sofa, Jeopardy podium, buzzer1, buzzer2, buzzer3, Jota greets Rob Visible Exits: west, east There is no other option for the world than to invade America and dismantle the lasers, send them through a time portal, and repurpose them as vibrators for dinosaurs. I?ve invented much of this." No new channels have been created since your last check. Adventurer's Lounge Candles on the wood-panelled walls create a comfortably dark atmosphere. Hand-drawn maps are taped to nearly every surface -- the walls, the ceiling, the trophy case in the corner. Seating is plentiful. A small storage closet is to the north. You can see: new laundry list, Birthday Calendar, magic laundry list, banner reading "Happy birthday Iain!", Even Newer World Map, charset sampler, Automeeter, TheMasterTheorem player names, time zones, MUD Client Wish List, battle.net battletags, madlibs, Anything Finder Players: Alex, markm, Touchy, jpt, Jon, GDorn, annabianca, Psmith, Jacqueline, Marktwo, vimes, Jearl, small, marc, McMartin, Matthew, Dave, DorianX, Allen, Ryan, lpsmith, zaphod, Grocible, ghira, maga, vaporware, dfabulich, djfletch, Hugo, Bishop, mwmiller, BrenBarn, boucher, genericgeekgirl, DavidW, two-star, Emily, jenrexrode, Gunther Visible Exits: north, west, southwest, southeast, up, east Rob comes right on in. Recapping 136 of 2600 lines from recent channels: [MacOS]/23:26 Hugo says, "Don't worry. That only happens when you really need it to -- oh." [mozilla]|23:30 BrenBarn says, "man" [mozilla]|23:30 BrenBarn asks, "so apparently there is no way to include bookmark folders in your search when you search your bookmarks?" [mozilla]|23:30 BrenBarn says, "that's just insane" [mozilla]|23:31 Ellison says, "wow" [lounge]|23:31 ghira wakes [mozilla]|23:31 BrenBarn says, "I mean, the names of the folders" [mozilla]|23:32 DavidW asks, "Are your bookmark folders called Wicked Stepmother?" [mozilla]|23:32 DavidW says, "oh wait, it was a wicked fairy that wasn't invited. My bad." [stuck-in-head]|23:34 DavidW says, "Josie and the Pussycats... long tails, and ears for hats..." [stuck-in-head]|23:37 DavidW asks, "we're wearing ... ears for hats... we cut off ... ears for hats... why are we wearing... ears for hats?" [stuck-in-head]|23:38 Miseri says, "meanwhile, I think today is the first day all week that I haven't had Shania Twain's 'You're Still The One' earwormed." [stuck-in-head]|23:38 Miseri says, "wait ... dang." [hedgehog]|23:40 ghira says, "hmm. one has turned up for breakfast. that's a bit unusual." [stuck-in-head]|23:41 DavidW says, "Josie and the Pussycats... we have some sharps and flats... but also... ears for hats... oh so wrong, come along, sing this song, everybody..." [amazon]|23:42 Ellison says, "so, while a little slow, for the most part, I found the King of Shreds and Patches playable on my Kindle 2. unfortunately, Insight runs even more slowly, so I wouldn't recommend it to Kindle 2 users unless they are just trying to donate $2 to IF people" [mozilla]|23:43 BrenBarn says, "okay, this 'Multiple Tab Handler' extension is useful" [stuck-in-head]|23:46 DavidW says (to Miseri), "Perhaps I should google that and find out which song you mean." [stuck-in-head]|23:47 DavidW says, "(but first, youtube wants to show me vitamin water bottles trying to be Ethel Merman)" [stuck-in-head]|23:49 DavidW says, "oh, okay, I've definitely heard this song before." [lounge]|23:53 Miseri says, "must" [lounge]|23:53 Miseri says, "sleep" [stuck-in-head]|23:53 DavidW says, "hm. What an odd video. Shot in black and blue and with no direct interaction between the singer and the hunk who's into water droplets." [lounge]|23:53 Miseri says, "g'night" [lounge]|23:53 Miseri is very disappointed in you. Earlier, he may have ransacked your office, but he is *very* disappointed in you. [stuck-in-head]|23:56 DavidW says, "Vaguely reminds me of the old Playgirl technique of spraying the guys with water so they've got that dew-skinned skin look." [stuck-in-head]|23:56 DavidW says, "er dew-kissed" [lounge]|00:03 baf, when not running competitively, works as a tree surgeon in France. [lounge]|00:13 nothings arrives from the east. nothings asks, "Anybody want a cow?" [lounge]|00:13 Ellison says, "hey Sean" [lounge]|00:13 nothings says, "how d" [lounge]|00:17 genericgeekgirl says, "Hi nothings" [MacOS]|00:17 Hugo says, "Oh, Apple, you boobs." [lounge]|00:18 * borowski has disconnected. [lounge]|00:18 * borowski has connected. [hedgehog]|00:18 * borowski has joined the channel. [NYC]|00:18 * borowski has joined the channel. [music]|00:21 K-Y says, "it seems that, at least for a while, we thought all lyrics would be findable on the internet" [music]|00:24 Ellison says, "huh, I was just not-finding-some-lyrics as you said that" [MacOS]|00:25 Hugo says, "Apple's app stores just weren't designed for developers who are actively developing the software." [MacOS]|00:27 K-Y asks, "you mean to say that not all software is formed whole cloth like a perfect pearl?" [lounge]|00:28 Jota turns into a slimy toad! [MacOS]|00:30 Hugo says, "Only mine." [MacOS]|00:30 Hugo says, "Er, isn't." [music]|00:34 Lucea says, "they will descend from a great cloud" [music]|00:34 K-Y says, "actually, never mind that just now" [music]|00:34 K-Y says, "Mashopolos III is out" [Olympics]|00:39 K-Y asks, "so, just how many UK musicians are knocking out new 'Olympic anthems'?" [DustWorld]/00:55 Ellison says, "today ended up not being very productive for me, either. I didn't realize how unproductive until the last several minutes. I had been holding on to hope." [lounge]|00:56 two-star sought a woman and found a monkey. Well, it happens. [lounge]|01:03 K-Y then looked around and came to the conclusion that pretty much no one in this lounge even lifts. [lounge]|01:03 * K-Y has disconnected. [lounge]/01:38 zarf walks off through the wall; pale green light flares briefly around him. [lounge]|01:44 mwmiller | Hey, I'd buy it. Make sure to also pitch a monster movie or a weird disaster flick idea to them. Their latest is about an earthquake in New Orleans unleashing a species of deadly spiders that spews fire. This means they will accept anything. [movie]|01:44 mwmiller | Hey, I'd buy it. Make sure to also pitch a monster movie or a weird disaster flick idea to them. Their latest is about an earthquake in New Orleans unleashing a species of deadly spiders that spews fire. This means they will accept anything. [lounge]|01:47 inky, mysteriously, seems to have been named after a city in Mexico. [movie]|01:48 inky says, "magic mike = surprisingly excellent" [movie]|01:48 inky says, "also, the audience was basically the strip club audience as featured in the movies, so there was a lot of live shrieking" [movie]|01:48 Hugo says, "Tearaway pants = surprisingly comfortable and convenient." [movie]|01:48 inky says, "hee hee" [movie]|01:48 Ellison says, "ha ha" [TV]|01:49 two-star says, "Oh, I guess this counts as tv even though I saw it in a movie theater..." [lounge]|01:50 Lucea is gonna get back baby bad balls to you, love, cretin. [lounge]|01:50 * Lucea has disconnected. [TV]|01:50 two-star says, "The Battlestar Galactica (1978) pilot. Along with a curated set of contemporary ads, and a chunk of the Camp David Accords announcement that preempted the original airing." [TV]|01:51 Hugo says, "What the." [TV]|01:51 two-star says, "(They showed that bit as a pre-show thing, rather than actually preempting it." [TV]|01:51 Hugo asks, "The movie, then?" [TV]|01:52 Hugo asks, "The big showdown is, um, under some sort of casino planet vs. Dr. Who aliens?" [TV]|01:52 two-star says, "Yeah." [TV]|01:52 Hugo says, "Awesome." [TV]|01:53 Hugo says, "I had the soundtrack album when I was a kid." [TV]|01:53 Hugo says, "Mind you, I had every soundtrack album." [movie]|01:54 mwmiller says, "Milk that friggin' cow dry, Jim < http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/26/three-avatar-sequels-to-film-simultaneously >" [movie]|01:55 Hugo says, "Well, he just has so much pure, unadulterated *story*, see." [TV]|01:55 two-star says, "There was an awesome moment where a Cylon makes a sarcastic crack, after they'd been portrayed as perfectly cool subservient, and robotic up to that point." [TV]|01:55 Hugo says, "I don't remember that." [TV]|01:55 Hugo says, "Although I haven't seen it since 1978, I don't think." [TV]|01:56 Hugo asks, "Is it pretty bad?" [TV]|01:56 two-star says, "Mmm. It's bad, but I've seen worse." [TV]|01:58 two-star says, "The little kid and his furry robot companion running off and getting into trouble was particularly gratuitous." [TV]|01:59 Hugo says, "Yeah, that was a late-seventies disease, I think." [TV]|01:59 two-star says, "By coincidence, I just recently watched the new series miniseries/pilot." [TV]|02:00 two-star says, "And, really most of the changes were for the better." [TV]|02:00 Hugo says, "Stop after season two and you're golden." [TV]|02:00 two-star says, "Yeah, that's my plan." [TV]|02:00 ghira says, "yeah. I agree" [TV]|02:00 nothings says (to **), "at least YOU have one" [TV]|02:01 ghira says, "changing the intro text to "and yeah they're kind of winging it" in S3 just lowered the tone" [TV]|02:01 nothings says, "heh" [lounge]|02:01 DorianX asks, "Wait. We survived y2k but the leap second has crashed the internet?" [lounge]|02:01 ghira asks, "it did? how long ago was the previous one?" [lounge]|02:02 Ellison says, "zzz" [lounge]|02:02 Ellison goes back to Squeamhurst.. [lounge]|02:02 * Ellison has disconnected. [TV]|02:03 two-star says, "I did find it interesting that while the new one was much better in terms of having strong female characters, the black characters in the old series didn't stay black." [TV]|02:03 nothings asks, "once you go white you never go back?" [TV]|02:05 two-star says, "Well, Boomer turned Asian." [TV]|02:05 two-star says, "And female." [TV]|02:05 nothings says, "oh, i thought you meant in the old series they changed" [TV]|02:05 two-star says, "No, just from the old to the new." [TV]|02:06 nothings says, "yeah" [TV]|02:10 two-star says, "The commercials were odd. I don't think I was watching non-public TV before they stopped showing cigarette commercials." [TV]|02:10 two-star says, "Also, there was an awesome ad for KISS action figures." [TV]|02:13 two-star says, "And a PSA telling people that they should hire ex-cons who have just gotten out of prison, since if they have jobs, they'll be less likely to repeat their offences." [lounge]|02:13 inky says, "ok zz" [lounge]|02:13 inky got credit for creating Common and the concept of money, for generating lots of art and literature, and for being the very best at killing his enemies. [TV]|02:13 nothings says, "hmm, i have no memory of cigarette commercials, but I guess that just reflects my terrible memory" [TV]|02:13 DorianX says, "A lot of people have been unhappy with the female characters in the new one too" [TV]|02:14 DorianX says, "Like, yes, there are a lot of strong female characters" [TV]|02:14 mwmiller asks, "Were they strong female characters or Strong Female Characters?" [TV]|02:14 DorianX says, "but if you just look in the hallways behind the main characters, total sausage fest" [TV]|02:15 two-star says (to DX), "I'm only comparing it to the old series. I realize that this is not a high bar." [TV]|02:15 DorianX says, "Like, starbuck, dee,athena, callie and ellen tigh are pretty much all of the women on galactica" [TV]|02:15 DorianX says (to **), "Ironically, the original series is probably a little better balanced in terms of female incidental characters" [TV]|02:15 two-star says, "(or, specifically, to the pilot, which is all I saw.)" [TV]|02:15 DorianX says, "Though obviously much worse in terms of majors" [TV]|02:17 two-star says, "I'll take your word. I have no intention of rewatching these any time soon." [TV]|02:18 Hugo says, "Oh, one other latter-day BSG thing I liked was the movie Razor." [TV]|02:18 Hugo says, "I seem to remember that being pretty well-done." [lounge]|02:18 Emily arrives. [lounge]|02:20 Hugo says, "Speaking of cigarette commercials, it's Emily." [lounge]|02:20 Hugo says, "(What? It's not like IF people are getting the running shoe endorsements.)" [lounge]|02:21 Emily says, "I have certainly made more use of running shoes than of cigarettes" [lounge]|02:21 Emily says, "but as you will" [TV]|02:23 two-star says, "I think the thing that struck me about the commecials was how *earnest* they were." [lounge]|02:26 jenrexrode has entered the lounge. [ Your score has gone up by 10 points ] [lounge]|02:26 jenrexrode says, "hi" [lounge]|02:33 boucher says, "How about running cigarettes? '9 out of 10 top marathon-runners' doctors recommend the smooth taste of Nicosticks!'" [lounge]/02:51 Gunther's voice is husky, like dark melted chocolate fudge caramel... or something. [lounge]|02:51 Gunther says, "doot" [lounge]|02:52 jenrexrode says, "hey" [lounge]|02:54 borowski's father was a philatelist. [lounge]|02:54 * borowski has disconnected. [lounge]|03:02 nothings goes home. [lounge]|03:06 Rob comes right on in. Recapped 136 of 2600 lines from recent channels. Current time: Sunday, 1 Jul 2012, 03:06:54 AM EDT There are 2 new messages on #misc/places/seattle. Rob says, "hbluh" [weather] Rob says, "yay rain" [weather] Rob says, "small amount but still yay" [movie] Rob says, "magic mike was excellent? what the" Emily goes home. Emily has disconnected. [movie] Rob says, "too late, inky left already" [movie] Rob says, "all tuckered out after seeing guys with their tuckers out all evening" #150 [misc/places/seattle] From: Jacqueline Date: 30-Jun-12 11:56 Subject: Still Getting Together with vimes on Sunday! Just working out the timeline details, so stay tuned. I hope to post the final times later today. #151 [misc/places/seattle] From: Jacqueline Date: 30-Jun-12 16:44 Subject: An Afternoon with Vimes on Sunday, June 1 Should you like to meet vimes, we shall begin our afternoon at 4:00 at the Seattle Aquarium. Last entry is permitted at 5pm, so you can be a little late to that if need be. Or, if fish are not your thing, we will be dining afterward at the Cyclops on 1st and Wall (the waterfront side of 1st... you can't miss the giant glowing cyclops eye out front). After dinner it'll be games. Not sure if those will be at the Cyclops, another pub, or Jacq & maga's. If you want to meet up for games but miss us at the Cyclops, text me at 206-491-6132 and I'll tell you where to go. (And I mean that in the nicest possible way.) Another helpful number will be maga's cell - 912-571-6151 [weather] jenrexrode says, "oh yeah, I think that's what Maddie was barking at" [movie] Rob says, "ruff ruff" [movie] Rob says, "it was dry at the cafe" [movie] Rob says, "but the closer I got to home the more wet the roads were" [movie] Rob says, "and it clearly rained here when I was out" [movie] Rob says, "which is good because this is where I want the rain to happen" [weather] jenrexrode says, "i looked out and saw damp porch" [movie] Rob says, "I read that as damp pooch at first" [weather] jenrexrode says, "hehe" [movie] Rob says, "saw a flare of lightning in the distant sky on the way home too" [weather] jenrexrode says, "she's tuckered out - I took her to a party, and 2 dogs there, too" [weather] Rob says, "hm in fact it's still drizzling actively here" [weather] Rob says, "which means I shouldn't be sitting outside with my netbook" [weather] Rob says, "oh yeah how was the luau" [weather] jenrexrode says, "It was alright - they had a roast pig" [weather] BrenBarn says, "heh" [weather] Rob says, "that's pretty luauy" [weather] BrenBarn says (to marktwo), "roast beast" [weather] BrenBarn says, "er" [weather] Rob says, "any poi" [weather] jenrexrode says, "no one understood I was dressed as luffy from One Piece" [weather] Rob says, "poi holloi" [weather] Gunther says, "worth a luff" [weather] Rob says, "I don't know what One Piece is, though I was less willing to admit this when you were busy making the hat" BrenBarn flashes the "catch you later" handsign. The princiPLE is your PLE jenrexrode they said there was poi, but I didn't know which thing it was supposed to be [weather] Gunther says, "going with "boyband"" [weather] Rob says, "some pasty stuff in a bowl" [weather] jenrexrode says, "there was some pasty stuff in a bowl, alright" [weather] Rob says, "the first time I came across the word poi was in a Mr Magoo comic" [weather] Rob says, "seems weird that there were mr magoo comics and that I had one now" [weather] Rob says, "it was the setup for a bad pun" [weather] jenrexrode says, "it was like mashed potatoes, but tasted blander" [weather] Rob says, "he had this oafish nephew who asked 'what is this stuff?' and magoo says, 'It's poi, son' and the kid goes 'Poison!?'" [weather] jenrexrode says, "arr arr arr" [weather] Rob says, "and then 38 years later or whatever I still remember it" [weather] Rob says, "that's a lot of mileage on some hackwork comics joke writing" [weather] Rob says, "did anyone wear a grass skirt and a coconut bra" [TV] jenrexrode says, "Serial Killer Earth -" [weather] jenrexrode says, "no! I was surprised. I guess everyone was in a modest mood" [weather] jenrexrode says, "only the table had a grass skirt" [weather] jenrexrode says, "#belated One Piece is an anime about pirates" jenrexrode yawns widely. [weather] Lionheart says, "One Piece is a guilty pleasure of mine." [weather] jenrexrode says, "I havent seen One Piece since they quit showing it on Cartoon Network" [weather] Rob says, "ah" [TV] Rob says, "play along to the trivia game, 'Syfy movie or CurrentTV documentary?'" DavidW goes home. DavidW has disconnected. [TV] Lionheart says, "A Dis or Dat? Haven't done that one." Rob says, "ok, time to go do some sort of music something" Rob heads right on out. Find release from your cares. have a good time. Seeya later.